I wonder if someone is going to have to surgically remove the stick from Heather’s ass. What’s the reason for the chip on her shoulder. Afterall she volunteered for this gig nobody pointed a gun at her head to do it.

It’s a good question, that of who’s going to watch his footwork while she runs routes. But I think her reaction is appropriate– she’s giving up her time and energy to help this lunkhead learn a new position, and he continues to make demeaning assumptions about her.

Indeed, Rubin himself made a demeaning assumption when he created the character: that girls can’t know football unless they learned it from their dads. Wouldn’t this be a more interesting fall storyline if Heather were a frustrated would-be footballer who knows the game better than anyone else and tried out for the team herself? Rubin could have explored all sorts of equity issues going all the way up Dr. Pearl, the school board, and even the Marty Moon show.

The possibilities are endless, John S. We hear mostly happy stories about girls in football, such as the kid who was crowned homecoming queen at halftime, in her pads, then kicked the winning field goal late in the game, but I suspect that story is a glaring exception.